Just as many young Americans watched the events of Sept. 11, 2001, and felt compelled to join the military, I watched the ...

The plaque marks the Near West Side home where Black Panther leaders Mark Clark and Fred Hampton were killed by police on Dec ...

A look at the Black Panther Party’s most influential figures, their fight for justice and where they are today decades after ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- "Judas and the Black Messiah" dramatizes the life and death of Fred Hampton, the former chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party who was killed by Chicago police during a raid on ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. As part of WGN’s Black History Month ...

MAYWOOD — The Illinois childhood home of Fred Hampton, an iconic Black Panther Party leader who was shot and killed during a 1969 police raid of his Chicago apartment, has been designated a historical ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Mike Stephen discusses the impact of the ...

A Peoria church will be one of 13 inaugural sites on a new Black Panther Party Heritage Trail in Illinois. The locations will feature commemorative plaques detailing their historical significance.

They hope the film "Judas and the Black Messiah" will help people learn more. In the wake of the film "Judas and the Black Messiah," increased attention has been brought to the story of Chairman Fred ...

Kamala Harris’s defeat is personal for Representative Barbara Lee, a California Democrat retiring this year. But after five decades in the fight, she says she is undaunted. By Elizabeth Williamson ...